PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Motivation, Display Rules
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Sensitive to those high on anxiety measures. Less likely to identify those who lie without accompanying discomfort. Current ethical question of incorporating brain imaging technology: role of amygdala in emotionally laden memories/processing, behavioral characteristic overt expression of emotion, body language and facial expressions, six basic emotions generally able to identify. Current research exploring contempt: facial feedback hypothesis proponents belief that facial expressions can control emotions, display rules norms that regulate appropriate expression of emotions culturally determined. Lesion/damage causes starvation (if you lesion the lateral, you are lean: ventromedial is hunger off, stimulation stops eating. Lesion damage causes voracious eating: arcuate/paraventricular areas may be more critical in hunger regulation than hypothalamus regions. Prevalence rates of orgasm vary for gender: women have multiple orgasms but report less often/consistently. To permit social comparison: need for affiliation varies individually, increased need to affiliate in fear situations, achievement motivation, what drives us to seek/reach goals, basic human motivation to achieve, motivation by success (approach motivation)
